Random Weirdly Persuasive Fan Theories About Disney Animated Movies (16 items)

(#11) Mother Gothel From 'Tangled' Is The Evil Queen From 'Snow White'

Either Disney is having us on, saying that all power-hungry witches are the same, or the Evil Queen is Mother Gothel. There’s the dagger they both use; Gothel keeps hers in a box, while the Evil Queen gave hers to the Huntsman to end Snow White.

Then, there’s the obsession with perpetual youth, and when they both turn into crones, they look pretty similar.
(#6) Belle And Beast's Granddaughter Is Tarzan’s Jane

Here’s why fans believe this. Jane understands Tarzan, so she must be fluent in Beast, like her grandmother; they resemble each other; and Jane has some pretty fancy plates in the jungle that seem like something her grandmother would have handed down.
(#9) Bing Bong From 'Inside Out' Is A Monsters, Inc. Monster

He saved Joy so she could save Riley, but the good news is that maybe he’s not gone forever. We learn from Monsters, Inc. that children outgrow their childhood fears, so the theory holds that Bing Bong was a monster from Monsters, Inc. and didn’t really perish inside Riley’s mind, it was only her memory of him that perished. Maybe he’ll live on behind the door of another child.
(#1) Ariel And Hercules Are Cousins

Searching for a little genealogy, Disney and Greek mythology style? See if you agree: Ariel’s father is King Triton, the son of Poseidon. Poseidon is Zeus’s brother. Hercules is the son of Zeus. King Triton and Hercules are first cousins, making Ariel and Hercules first cousins once removed.
(#14) Kristoff Is Wearing Sven’s Mom’s Pelt
Kristoff and Sven grew up together, but possibly they became close because Sven was abandoned when his mother was killed by ice harvesters. Kristoff is given a reindeer pelt as a baby and it’s possible that it was Sven’s mom’s. Even if the coat isn’t made of her specific pelt, it’s still made of reindeer.
(#12) 'Brave’s' Witch Is 'Monsters, Inc.’s' Boo

Boo learned a thing or two during her time with Sulley and Mike. One of those things being that she knows how magical doors work. The theory holds that when Boo grows up, she begins her search for Sulley. One of the doors she goes through takes her to Brave’s world, way before Sulley’s time. While she hangs out in Merida’s world, she still searches for him while gaining full knowledge of the will-of-the-wisps.

This explains the way she disappears when she goes through the wooden doors. Plus, she’s carved herself a Sulley to remind herself of her old friend.